HSN727 - Advanced Public Health Nutrition

Unit details

Unit only available to students enrolled in H517 and H616 and H714 enrolled students who have completed 6 HSN-coded postgraduate human nutrition units-see course structure for units available.

Unit chair:

Julie Woods

Corequisite:

or pre-requisite: 6 HSN-coded postgraduate human nutrition units

Incompatible with:

Nil

Contact hours:

Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin

Content

In this unit students will learn core public health nutrition competencies including: intelligence gathering; project planning, implementation and evaluation; communication; and advocacy techniques. The Unit is designed for those students seeking a career in public health nutrition or current public health nutritionists seeking to extend their knowledge and skills in public health nutrition. The taught competencies are informed by the latest research and consistent with professional organisation recommendations for building the public health nutrition workforce. These are major opportunities to undertake self-reflection activities within the unit and to build a professional portfolio to support current and/or future career paths in public health nutrition.